King Claudius

The events that led to a cold war between Denmark and Norway is that young Fortinbras seeks to regain the lost lands to Hamlet's father by Fortinbras' father years before. 2. The lines by Marcellus that clearly show Denmark is stockpiling weapons for a possible hot war deals kind of with the ghost because when he came they thought that the ghost came to warn them that the war is going to get hot. 3. The following that queen Gertrude when talking to her son she met by saying good Hamlet, take…

Blinding Conflict Within the classic tragedies of the past, valuable lessons have remained timeless even after decades and centuries. Continually, people will experience a disconnect with their realities. A cause of a person’s disconnection, or conflict within their life, can often be traced back to internal conflict. In William Shakespeare's play, Hamlet, Hamlet’s internal struggle is displayed through his Act II soliloquy, in which the theme of an individual struggling with the realities of…

The structure of Hamlet and their natural roles as subjects to a King, cause Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to follow a path set for them by Shakespeare and the King of Denmark. As characters who appear to take a passive role within the play, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, have no choice in the decisions that they make because the script decides their next actions…

could cause a very shocking moment in his life. As same as Hamlet it seems the same since the main character tries to show how he really missed his father but also how this event had made that Hamlet feels bad about the situation. In the play, the king Claidious manifests that Hamlet has distemper and the queen Gertrude thinks that the father´s death is the cause of that. As it is presented…

Throughout history, episodes of madness have been recorded in every culture across the globe. Psychological illnesses are common, but have always had a deep stigma attached to them. Those with such disorders are often shunned by society. This makes it much more appealing to hide such a fact about oneself than to seek help. Such a hostile environment can easily cause a person to spiral out of control. Hamlet and Don Quixote are two perfect examples of a troubled individual in a troubled world. At…

Revenge is an emotionally guided attempt to bring another down to his own level of unhappiness, which is in and of itself unethical. The act of revenge is inherently evil. Trapped in his own grief, Hamlet is visited by the ghost of his father. The former King of Denmark…

In Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, Hamlets behavior and reactions stay normal even after he finds out the tragic truth about his father’s death. Hamlet inability to act is due to the fact that he is taking time to think through a serious situation which is normal human behavior. There are five stages of grief after losing a loved one; denial/isolation, anger, bargaining, depression, and last acceptance. Grieving is known as a delicate process that has no time boundary, nor one “veracious” way to…

Act 3 Scene 4 may support the claim that Hamlet has gone mad. This is demonstrated when Hamlet impulsively stabs Polonius through the curtains, when he talks to the King’s ghost, and when he angrily yells at his mother about her relationship with Claudius (Ham. 3.4.23-217). Even so, Hamlet chose to act the way he did and he did so with the intent to kill. His actions were not a result of his mental state; rather, his mental state helped him execute these actions. Hamlet’s lapses into sanity,…

from his father’s ghost. In Act 1 Scene 4, The Ghost says, “I do not set my life in a pin’s fee, And for my soul-what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself? It waves me forth again. I’ll follow it.” This stays saying that the ghost, of King Hamlet, won’t be able to rest peacefully until he has been relieved of his past sins. The Ghost died without being free from the guilt of his sins so he comes back to Hamlet to avenge him. Hamlet gets revenge for his father so that he can be…

mourning clothes, portray Hamlet as an authentic and honest man. Contrary to Hamlet, Queen Gertrude, Hamlet’s mother, is exposed as a apathetic charlatan through her wearing the same shoes to her wedding as she wore two months earlier to her husband, King…